In May, we will have to pray for
the cold to be delayed
and to resume the mandate of the mothers who asked to
turn off the light
in empty rooms.
It is that along with the cold and the shorter days of winter will come
a blow to the electricity bills
, which will stop having subsidies for higher-income customers and will increase strongly for the middle and low consumer groups.
The gas bill will also go up, although in this case it will continue to include state aid.
How much will the light increase:
High income (N1)
Who they are
: this category includes family groups that earn more than 3.5 basic baskets for a type 2 household, which is currently equivalent to $669,298 per month (816,543 in Patagonia) and which in September 2022 was $390,000.
Also those who, even though they earn less, want to continue accessing the "savings dollar" or who did not register in the subsidy registry.
They represent a third of the total or 4.5 million households.
Photo: Orlando Pelichotti / Los Andes
What will be the increase:
in the City of Buenos Aires and the Conurbano (AMBA) when the subsidies are removed in May, the increase will be around
75% to 90% compared to what was being paid.
But
, in addition, added to the removal of subsidies,
in June there will be a rise in rates
for Edenor and Edesur, as happened in April.
Between this increase and the end of state aid, tickets in the AMBA will have risen
between 400% and 500% year-on-year
, according to different estimates.
Median income (N3)
Middle-class households (called N3), who earn less than 669,298 per month and do not have access to the savings dollar, will continue to have a
basic consumption block
that maintains a high level of subsidies.
But
if they exceed that block, the impact on the ballots will be 400%.
In any case, according to specialists, the subsidized block of 400 kWh is "generous" and middle-income homes would only cross category if they consume well above normal.
For the
low income level
N2, in May there will be no increases because
they will maintain the subsidies.
How much will the gas rise:
Gas tariffs are decided at the national level.
In this case, bills increase between 20 and 37% throughout the country as a result of increases in the distribution and transportation components.
And they already accumulate
a rise of 170%
compared to last year.
Photo: Jose Gutierrez / Los Andes
High income (N1)
For high-income households called N1,
the increase in gas bills accumulated since last winter is 170%,
in the case of distributors in Buenos Aires (Naturgy and Metrogas).
In this way, it would be above year-on-year inflation for the period.
In June 2022, the average bill throughout the country for that segment was around $2,446, while in May it will reach $6,821.
The rise is 179%. In the register of subsidies there are 9.2 million households with access to the natural gas system through networks.
Almost a third (3.4 million) are N1.
Median income (N3)
There are 2.3 million homes that receive invoices as category N3.
These households did not lose gas subsidies at the same level as the N1, but the increases in their gas bills in relation to last winter
will also be above 120%.
In
this case, if the average rate in March was $3,977, starting this month you will pay $4,892, that is, 23%, but an increase of 100% compared to June last year, when you paid $2,446 .
Low income (N2)
The N2 segments (low income) maintain the subsidies on the cost of gas that were removed between September and January for the highest level, but they will have increases from May 1 due to the increase in what the distributors keep.
Tickets will rise 31% in that category of homes: they will go from an average of $1,691 to $2,485.
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